

At the start of each game, both players begin with four randomly chosen cards from their deck of eight, except Mirror and Elixir Collector.Įach card costs a certain amount of elixir to play. Prior to each battle (with the exception of the first battle in Training Camp), players construct a deck of eight cards which they use to attack and defend against their opponent's cards.

Many cards are directly based on troops and buildings from Supercell's previous game Clash of Clans, such as giants and cannons, and the game uses a similar art style. Playable troops, buildings, and spells are represented as cards. At the end of each season, the player is reset to half of the trophies they gained above 5000 trophies. Once above 5000 trophies, players play through nine different leagues ranging from Challenger I to Ultimate Champion. The Legendary Arena consists of "Leagues," which were added to the game in March 2017. Each arena corresponds to a certain trophy range. There are fifteen playing arenas in total (excluding the Training Camp tutorial area): Goblin Stadium, Bone Pit, Barbarian Bowl, P.E.K.K.A's Playhouse, Spell Valley, Builder's Workshop, Royal Arena, Frozen Peak, Jungle Arena, Hog Mountain, Electro Valley, Spooky Town, Rascal's Hideout, Serenity Peak, and The Legendary Arena. A player wins a battle by destroying more towers than the opponent (each destroyed tower being represented as a 'crown'), or by destroying the opponent's King's Tower, resulting in an automatic "three-crown" victory (unless the King's Tower was destroyed at the same time by both players, resulting in a rare draw). Trophies are won or lost through multiplayer battles. Players level up by gaining Experience (or King Level) points through donating and upgrading cards. In Clash Royale, players are ranked by their number of trophies.

If two towers have the same health, there is a draw. If no towers are destroyed during overtime, there is a tiebreaker, where all towers rapidly lose health, and the tower with the least health is destroyed. After three minutes, if both of the players/teams have an equal number of crowns or none at all the match continues into a 2-minute overtime period and the player who destroys an opposing tower wins instantaneously. Clash Royale is a tower rush video game which puts players in games featuring two or four players (1v1 or 2v2) in which the objective is to destroy the most opposing towers, with the destruction of the "King's Tower" being an instantaneous win.
